Michael Caine’s voice is iconic. Why would he sell that to AI?

Mon, 2 Mar 2026 19:24:34 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/michael-caines-voice-is-iconic-why-would-he-sell-that-to-ai-276506>

"Few actors are imitated as often as Michael Caine. Even Michael Caine has
imitated Michael Caine.

His voice has been used in birthday card greetings and been the source of jokes
in various comedy sketches. It is synonymous with a certain type of
Britishness.

Last week, artificial intelligence company ElevenLabs announced Caine has
licensed his voice to the company. It will be available on their ElevenReader
app, which allows you to listen to any text in a voice of your choosing, as
well as being available on their licensing platform, Iconic Marketplace.

To understand why Caine’s voice is so iconic (and wanted by AI) we need to look
deeper at what people actually hear in it."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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